> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 150](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066490) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11497-1) LSID 11497-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19213973) QID Q19213973 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Weigel, Johann Adam Valentin (1740-1806), German (Franconian) botanist, entomologist and clergyman; went to school and pursued his studies under the guidance of C.J. Trew at Nürnberg; studied theology at Leipzig; from 1761-1768 teacher at Halle; private teacher in Silesia 1769-1778; from then on lutheran pastor in Ober-Haselbach, Silesia. **Abbreviated name**: *J. Weigel* \[standard form in IPNI: *J.Weigel*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown; some material in [[Collection PR|PR]]. #### Bibliography and biography ADB 6(1): 601; Barnhart 3: 471 (d. 30 Jun 1806); Futak-Domin p. 651; Klásterský p. 201; PR 10129, ed. 1: 11113-11114; Rehder 1: 374. #### Biofile - Fiek, E., Fl. Schlesien 118. 1881. - Letzner, K., Z. Entom. Ver. schles. Insektenk. Breslau 12: 13-15. 1858 (possibly publ. 1860 or 1861) (b. 29 Sep 1740, d. 24 Jun 1906). - Pax, F., Bibl. schles. Bot. 29, 30, 150. 1929. - Wimmer, F., Fl. Schlesien ed. 2. 2: 144-145. 1844. - *Note*(*1*): *Schlesischer Pflanzenkalender*, oder Verzeichniss der in Schlesien wildwachsenden Pflanzen, wie sie in jedem Monate blühen. 1791. – This Pflanzen-Kalender appeared anonymously in Litterar. Chronik von Schlesien 4: 111-120. 1791, 5: 136-147, 6: 166-180, 7: 207-211, 8: 237-244, 12: 373-382, fide Pax (1929). - *Note*(*2*): Weigel edited and contributed also to the *Geographische, naturhistorische und technologische Beschreibung des Herzogthumes Schlesien*, Berlin, 1800-1806, 10 vols. (notes on botany in 1: 34-51, 2: 65-99, 3: 14-18, 102-105, 4: 91-121, 5: 17-26, 101-103, 159-179, 6: 40-61, 7: 8-14).